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2. Matthew 9:13 - Wikipedia

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   In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The New International Version translates the passage as: But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'

3. Woes to the unrepentant cities - Wikipedia

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   Nature of Repentance: The passage emphasizes the importance of repentance as a response to divine revelation. Jesus expected that His miracles would lead to a change of heart and behavior. Divine Judgment: Jesus' words affirm a future day of judgment, with degrees of punishment based on the opportunities given and rejected.

4. Repentance in Christianity - Wikipedia

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   Emanuel Swedenborg and Jonathan S. Rose explain how repentance in the church as a whole is used to take away the serious evils that God cannot overlook; [10] Swedenborg and Rose explain how "acts of repentance include any and all actions that result in our not willing, and consequently not doing, evil things that are sins against God."

5. Metanoia (theology) - Wikipedia

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   Of the top ten versions of the Bible in the United States based on unit sales, seven read "baptism of repentance" in Mark 1:4 in which "repentance" translates metanoia. [30] Three of the ten top-selling versions and another in the top-ten based on dollar sales attempt to capture the meaning of metanoia. None of them transliterate the Greek ...

6. Psalm 32 - Wikipedia

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   According to James Luther Mays, the Psalmist, in the exercise of repentance teaches others of his experience and gives therefore instructions. [5] It is divided into the following segments: [6] 1. Verse 1: Commitment to repentance 2. Verse 3-5: The psalmist's distress 3. Verse 6: Forgiveness and admonition to others 4. Verse 8: Wisdom speech 5.

7. Redemption (theology) - Wikipedia

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   In Christian theology, redemption (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολύτρωσις, apolutrosis) refers to the deliverance of Christians from sin and its consequences. [1] Christians believe that all people are born into a state of sin and separation from God, and that redemption is a necessary part of salvation in order to obtain eternal life. [2]